So what's the plan for localStorage in workers?
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On Tue, Jan 11, 2011 at 9:10 AM, Keean Schupke <keean@fry-it.com> wrote:
> I think I already came to the same conclusion... JavaScript has no control
> over effects, which devalues STM. In the absence of effect control, apparent
> serialisation (of transactions) is the best you can do.
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> What we need is a purely functional JavaScript, it makes threading so much
> easier ;-)
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> Cheers,
> Keean.
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> On 10 January 2011 23:42, Robert O'Callahan <robert@ocallahan.org> wrote:
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>> STM is not a panacea. Read
>> http://www.bluebytesoftware.com/blog/2010/01/03/ABriefRetrospectiveOnTransactionalMemory.aspxif you haven't already.
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>> In Haskell, where you have powerful control over effects, it may work
>> well, but Javascript isn't anything like that.
>>
>> Rob
>> --
>> "Now the Bereans were of more noble character than the Thessalonians, for
>> they received the message with great eagerness and examined the Scriptures
>> every day to see if what Paul said was true." [Acts 17:11]
>>
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